Mrs. C. G. Pollock (Mary Gow Lincoln Pollack)

Mrs. C. G. Pollock died at the home of Mrs. Alta Wainwright. She had been ill since the Saturday before Christmas. She would have been 80 years of age had she lived until May 16th, and death seemed more the result of senile decay than anything else. The time for dissolution seemed to have come and nothing could stop it. She lived but five months and three days after Mr. Pollock’s passing, which occurred August 3rd. A companionship of over fifty years on earth has, after short separation, now been reestablished in the world beyond. The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, at the Congregational church, of which she was a devoted member. Rev. J. Wallace Larkin, of Wahoo, Neb., her former pastor, has been sent for to assist the present pastor, Rev. J. M. Kokjer, in the service. Mary Gow Lincoln was born at Hallowell, Me., and was married to C.G. Pollock at Medford, Minn., May 22nd, 1861. They lived at Warren, Pa., for about seventeen years, moving first to Iowa and then to this city in September, 1885, which has been her home ever since. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. W. I. Doole, of Adams, Neb., and one son, Robert L., of Minneapolis, Minn. Also, three sisters, Misses Anna and Emma Lincoln, of Northfield, Minn. and Mrs. Ellen Griffin, of Salt Lake City, Utah. For many years Mrs. Pollock had been unable to walk about much, having been a victim of arthritic rheumatise was possessed of a keen mind and had been a wide reader all her life, taking books from the library regularly up to within a few weeks ago. She had been lonesome and uncomforted since Mr. Pollock’s death and seemed anxious to go and be with him and with the Master she loved and served so faithfully.

Blair Democrat 8 Jan 1914

MRS. POLLOCK PASSES

Mrs. C. G. Pollock, eighty years of age and for years a resident of Blair, passed away at the home of Mrs. Alta Wainright at an early hour Tuesday morning. The funeral arrangements will not be definitely completed until the arrival of her son from Minneapolis but it is probable that it will be held from the Congregational church Thursday.

Mrs. Pollock, who has been feeble for some time, has been at the home of Mrs. Wainright since the death of Mr. Pollock, a few months ago. She was taken sick just before Christmas and sank steadily till the time of her death.

The deceased was born in Hallowell, Maine, and came to Nebraska with her husband in 1885. Since that time her home has been in Blair. She leaves a son, Robert L. Pollock, of Minneapolis and a daughter, Mrs. W. I. Doole of Adams, Neb. In addition to her children three sisters survive her.

Enterprise 9 Jan 1914

MRS. POLLOCK PASSES AWAY

Died, on Tuesday, January 6th, at 8:30 A.M.at the home of Mrs. Wainwright in this city, Mrs. Mary Gow Lincoln Pollock, aged 70 years, the cause of her death being senility.

Deceased had been an invalid for a number of years and had been tenderly cared for by her husband, who had anticipated all her wants until last July, when he died after a brief illness.

Mrs. Pollock had been a resident of Blair for over thirty years, and was a woman highly esteemed by those fortunate enough to enjoy her friendship. She was the mother of two children, one daughter, Mrs. Annie Doole, of Adams, Neb., who was here at the time of her mother’s death. The son, Robert, arrived Wednesday in time for the funeral, which was yesterday after-noon, from the Congregational Church, conducted by Rev. Larken, an old-time friend of the family, and Rev. Kokjer, after which the body was laid to rest by the side of that of the husband, in the Blair cemetery.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~